Varandey Airport
{{Short description|Airport located in Varandey, Russia}}
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| name = Varandey Airport
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| IATA = VRI
| ICAO = ULDW
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in the Nenetskiy Okrug, Russia
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| type = Public
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| elevation-f = 6
| elevation-m = 2
| coordinates = {{Coord|68|50|52|N|058|11|55|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
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| r1-number = 04/22
| r1-length-f = 5.577
| r1-length-m = 1.700
| r1-surface = Concrete
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| footnotes = Sources: AirportNavFinder,http://airportnavfinder.com/airport/VRI/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} DAFIF{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VRI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=VRI|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for VRI|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.{{GCM|VRI|source=DAFIF}}
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Varandey Airport {{Airport codes|VRI|ULDW}} is an airport in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It serves the {{ill|Varandey|ru|Варандей}} settlement on the Arctic coast of the Nenets district and the development of the Prirazlomnoye oil field.
It is capable of accepting aircraft of the third class (An-24, An-26, L-410, Yak-40 and the like) and other types of aircraft of the 3rd class, helicopters of all types. The maximum take-off weight of an aircraft is 25 tons. Classification number of runway (PCN) 18 / F / D / Y / T.
The airport is used by Gazpromavia for delivery of personnel to the Prirazlomnaya OIRFP, where a helicopter platform operates since 2010, with primary connections to Arkhangelsk and Orenburg.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
On 16 March 2005, Regional Airlines Flight 9288, an Antonov An-24RV (NATO reporting name "Coke"), crashed on approach to Varandey Airport, killing 28 of the 52 people on board.[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050316-0 Accident report at Aviation Safety Network]
References
External links
- {{ASN|VRI}}
{{Airports in Russia}}
{{Airports built in the Soviet Union}}
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Category:Airports built in the Soviet Union
Category:Airports in Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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